{"id":196084,"date":"2024-04-02T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=196084"},"modified":"2024-04-01T11:19:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T18:19:39","slug":"taking-less-on-the-trail-with-glen-van-peski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/taking-less-on-the-trail-with-glen-van-peski","title":{"rendered":"Taking Less on the Trail with Glen Van Peski"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/43bd7777-ecad-41cf-9af7-2cabd87bdb3e?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/taking-less-on-the-trail-with-glen-van-peski\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glen Van Peski is known as the king of ultralight backpacking. While backpackers will hit the trails with a pack that weighs upwards of 20 pounds, sometimes even up to 50 or more, Glen&#8217;s pack usually only weighs around 12 pounds. Glen is also the founder of the functional lightweight backpacking and hiking gear company, Gossamer Gear, and the author of&nbsp;<em>Take Less. Do More.: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Glen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glenvanpeski.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gvanpeski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gossamer Gear&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gossamergear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glen&#8217;s new book,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Take-Less-More-Surprising-Generosity\/dp\/1637632894\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Take+Less.+Do+More%3A+Surprising+Life+Lessons+in+Generosity%2C+Gratitude+and+Curiosity+from+an+Ultralight+Backpacker&amp;qid=1703624145&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Take Less. 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While backpackers will hit the trails with a pack that weighs upwards of 20 pounds, sometimes even up to 50 or more, Glen&#8217;s pack usually only weighs around 12 pounds. Glen is also the founder of the functional lightweight backpacking and hiking gear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32542,"featured_media":196087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1726,1727],"tags":[],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-196084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-wild-ideas-worth-living"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/taking-less-on-the-trail-with-glen-van-peski","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Taking Less on the Trail with Glen Van Peski","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/taking-less-on-the-trail-with-glen-van-peski","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/taking-less-on-the-trail-with-glen-van-peski"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Unknown-1.jpeg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Unknown-1.jpeg?fit=640%2C480"},"articleSection":"Wild Ideas Worth Living","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jenny Barber"}],"creator":["Jenny Barber"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2024-04-02T10:00:00Z","datePublished":"2024-04-02T10:00:00Z","dateModified":"2024-04-02T10:00:00Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Taking Less on the Trail with Glen Van Peski\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/taking-less-on-the-trail-with-glen-van-peski\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/taking-less-on-the-trail-with-glen-van-peski\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Unknown-1.jpeg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Unknown-1.jpeg?fit=640%2C480\"},\"articleSection\":\"Wild Ideas Worth Living\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Jenny Barber\"}],\"creator\":[\"Jenny Barber\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2024-04-02T10:00:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-02T10:00:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-02T10:00:00Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Unknown-1.jpeg?fit=640%2C480","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196088,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196084\/revisions\/196088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196084"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=196084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}